Dade County, Missouri Biographies-Thomas MCDERMID

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889.  
Published by Goodspeed; pg. 827

Thomas McDermid, farmer and stock-dealer of Lockwood Township, was born in 
Ontario, Canada, in 1843, and is the second of seven children, five sons 
and two daughters, born to John and Margaret (Frazier) McDermid, and the 
grandson of Hugh McDermid, who was a native of Scotland, and remained there
until after his marriage, when he and wife removed to Lower Canada, and 
afterward to Upper Canada, and there passed the remainder of their lives.  
John McDermid was born in Quebec, Canada, and his wife was born in Scotland.
When about fifteen years of age she came with her parents to America, 
settled in Lower Canada, and was ther married to Mr. McDermid.  They soon 
after moved to Ontario, Canada, where they are both living.  Thomas McDermid
was reared on the farm, and received his education in the common schools.  
He was married in August, 1869, to Miss Elizabeth N., Daughter of Thomas 
and Margaret Crozier.  Mrs. McDermid was born in Canada, and by her marriage
became the mother of two children, a son and daughter.  In 1870 they came 
to Dade County, Mo., and two years afterward settled on the prairie near 
Lockwood, and here they have since remained.  He has 320 acres of 
well-improved land, and is one of the leading pioneer settlers.  He has an
attractive and beautiful home.  He was president of Lockwood Union 
Agricultural, Mechanical and Stock Association, at its organization in 1886,
and was re-elected in 1887, 1888 and 1889, and is an earnest worker for the
cause of education and for the up building of the county.  He and wife are
members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church.  Mr. McDermid is the only one
of his father's family living in Dade County, Mo.  One brother is living
in Dakota, and they are the only ones in the United States.  Mr. McDermid
is a thorough-going, practical farmer and stock-grower, and is principally
engaged in the raising of cattle.  Politically he is a Prohibitionist, and
longs for the day when strong drink, the worst enemy of man, shall be 
banished from the land.  Mrs. McDermid's father was born in Ireland, 
and her mother in England.  They left their native land when young, and
settled in Canada, where they were married, and where they remained until
1872, when they moved to Dade County, Mo. Here they both died, Mr. Crozier
on November 26, 1877, and Mrs. Crozier about seven years previous.  Mr. 
Crozier was a well-to-do farmer and stock-raiser.

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